Browsing: Great Britain

In A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister: a sister equal to Shakespeare in…

“A ripping tale of budding romance and grace under pressure” (The Times): Thrust together by war in Malaya, Jean and Joe reunite years later to invigorate a small town in the Australian outback. A thoughtful, poignant classic with over 16,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday month with this witty guide to the Bard of Avon! Filled with insight and charm, this lovely exploration of 16th-century England and the playwright’s life is sure to delight. “Wryly humorous” (The Times).

The riveting narrative of an honorable Irish priest who finds the church collapsing around him at a pivotal moment in…

The breathtaking new novel from the author of STILL ALICE, now adapted into a film starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin,…

“My favourite historical novelist.”-Margaret Drabble“Sparkling.”-Independent on SundayA sham betrothal isn’t the only thing that gets Kitty and Freddy into trouble,…

“An altogether unsatisfactory arrangement” After their father’s death, Miss Judith Taverner and her brother Peregrine travel to London to meet…

A New York Times bestseller hailed as “a marvel of a book” (The Washington Post): When terrorists infiltrate a party full of powerful politicians and business tycoons, the hostages forge unexpected bonds as their lives are thrust into uncertainty. “A terrific, spell-casting story” (San Francisco Chronicle).

“Let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.”These ominous words, slashed from the pages of…

From a “crackling good storyteller” (Publishers Weekly) comes an epic tale: Young orphan Uhtred is raised by Vikings, but his fate is intertwined with the only remaining English kingdom… “Bernard Cornwell does the best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read” (George R. R. Martin).